I think that alot of people see the potential for a big deer in the southern over NE or Northern Region because more of the best units in the state to hunt Limited entry hunts deer are Nephi south. I think there may be more land that is not private as well, but I am not sure of that because I live and grew up in Southern Utah. I know for a fact of some very good deer hunters that take awsome deer most years off the Central Unit and have seen recent pictures of real slammers off the NE Region. I dont know if the ones off the NE were on private land or not but I know the ones off Central my freinds have killed have been on public land. We have killed some decent deer on the southern but I will tell you the truth, I only hunt it cause its where I live. If I lived in Spanish Fork I would hunt above Spanish Fork or if I lived in Bountiful thats probably where I would hunt, I think its the only way to scout and stay on the deer year round is to hunt your own backyard. I know I will catch alot of crap saying that but its the way I feel. Just a side note, IF any of you out there in MM Land are saying I dont want you to hunt Southern because you dont live here YOUR WRONG, if this is where you want to hunt BRING IT ON!!! But please kill the bigger deer and leave all the DAMN Spikes and 2 pts!